Suspender-buckle



(No Model.)

J. A. TRAUT.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

No. 480,880. Patented Aug. 9, 1882.

web-case or buckle-frame C.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

- .IUSTUS A. TRAUT, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,680, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed April 4, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J UsTUs A. TRAUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to that class of suspender-buckles havingbox-and-slide cast-offs, the object being to provide a cast-o bucklehaving means for insuring proper operation of the cast-off when theslide is closed and having a slide constructed for permitting llateralmovement thereon of the suspender-end.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front view of a box-and-slide buckle embodying my presentimprovements. .-Fig. 2 is a view of the back side of the buckle shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section through the box and slideof the buckle in line a ot, Fig. 1, showing the slide locked in place inthe box of the buckle. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig..1, but showingthe slide closed for detaching the same from the box. Fig. 5 is a viewof the back side of the buckle-slide and illustrates the operation ofthe pivotallysupported portion thereof.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the usual form of box B is shownforming the lower end of a buckle-lever L, whose upper end is pivoted ina well-known manner in the usual In Figs. 3, 4, and 5, inclusive, theWeb-case, not relating to my present improvements, is not shown.

The slide-box B consists of the front plate 2, the sides 3 and 5, andthe back 4. The lower end of the front plate 2 is provided with the hookor catch 6, Figs. 3 and 4, for engaging in the slot of the slide-spring.

The buckle-slide consists of the back plate 8, which is folded at itsupper end at 9 to form the slide-spring 10. This spring has formedtherein the slot 12 for engaging the aforesaid catch ofthe slide-box.The lower end 10 of said spring projects to form a thumb-piece wherebyto close the slide-spring from its position in Fig. 3 to its position inFig. 4 for the purpose of detaching the slide from its box.

The strap-carrying slide S at its lower end is Serial No. 427,599. (Nomodel.)

constructed or furnished with means for oarrying the usual suspender-end(not herein shown) and is constructed to so engage the slide-box that onthe closing of the slidespring, as shown in Fig. 4, this is forciblywithdrawn from the catch 6, whereupon the slide maybe freely withdrawn.For this purpose said slide S is shown provided with a suitable catch orlip, as 14, which when the slide is in place in the slide-box engagesthe slidebox in the manner shown to prevent any forward movement of theslide S in said box when the slide-spring is closed upon it.

Asa means for supporting a strap-carrying loop, and also for providingthe aforesaid slidebox-engaging catch or lip, the lower end of the slideS is shown folded over or formed into an eye or coil 13, in which saidloop 15 is carried, as will be understood by comparison of Figs. 2 to 5,inclusive, the lip 14 being formed of the upwardlyextending middleportion of said folded-over end of the slide.

Another feature of my invention relates to the construction of thestrap-carrying slide whereby the strap-carrying-loop is made movablesidewise of the buckle. For this purpose the slide S is formed of twoparts c andf, which are pivotally connected at 16 by means of a suitablerivet or eyelet 17, whereby the lower part f is swiveled upon the upperone, so as to swing thereon, as indicated by solid and dotted lines,respectively, in Fig. 5. By this means a free sidewise movement of thestrap carrying loop 15 is obtained, which when the slide is in thebuckle, as in Fig. 2, does not interfere with the proper operation ofthe catch or lip 14 for effecting the detachment of the slide from itsbox. In practice the user can detach the slide equally well whether saidswiveled portion be in the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 5 or inthe position thereof shown by dotted lines in said figure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a buckle of the classspecified, the combination, with the box and its catch, of astrap-carrying slide consisting of two parts pivotally connected andhaving a spring constructed to engage the slide-box catch, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a buckle of the class specified, the

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combination, with `the box and its catch,`of a strap-carrying slideconsisting of tv`vo parts pivotally connected, one of said parts havinga spring constructed to engage the slide-box catch and the other parthaving a catch engaging the box for detaching the slide on the closingof the spring, substantially as set forth.

3. In a buckle of the class specified, the combination, with a slide-boxsubstantially as described, of the buckle-slide consisting of the parte, having a box-engaging spring, and the part f, swiveled upon the parte and having a strap-'carrying loop, substantially as set forth. l

4. In a buckle of the class specified, the combination, with theslide-box, of the buckleslide consisting of the two parts e and f, theone folded upon the other, the part e having the buckle-sprn g xedthereto and constructed to engage a catch on the slide-box and the zocarrying end thereof the upturned lip con- 3o structed to engage theback plate of the box, whereby to withdraw the front plate from thecatch on the closing of the spring, substantially as described.

JUSTUS A. TRAUT. Witnesses:

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, HENRY L. RECKARD.

